Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Azeri journalist dies after stabbing

An Azerbaijani journalist and writer known for his criticism of the governments in Baku and Tehran has died four days after a brutal stabbing attack. Rafiq Tağı was stabbed seven times outside his Baku home on 19 November, according to various news sources.  He was transported to a hospital and had been recovering from what […]

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One of two U.S. journalists arrested in Cairo released

U.S. journalist Mona Eltahawy was freed in Cairo on Thursday morning, 12 hours after she was arrested, according to a post on the columnist’s Twitter feed. A second journalist, Jehane Noujaim, who was detained on Wednesday, remains in custody. Eltahawy was detained for nearly twelve hours. Upon her release, she apparently tweeted that she had […]

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One-day experts workshop organised by IPI and Austria focuses on journalist safety

A one-day experts meeting on impunity and the safety of journalists held on Wednesday by the International Press Institute (IPI) in cooperation with the Austrian Foreign Ministry ended with a resolve by Austria to carry the critical issue forward during its term on the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, to which it was […]

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Justice delayed: The Maguindanao massacre, two years on

On the day of the crime … Ampatuan Jr. told his father by phone – with its loudspeaker on – that he had blocked the convoy. The father ordered him to gun down everybody but spare the media, to which Ampatuan Jr. replied: “No … somebody could talk if we won’t wipe out everybody.” – […]

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